WNG577: NOAA Weather Radio, Ladysmith

162.550 MHz · 1,020 W · On the air

WNG577 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.550 MHz (WX1 on most receivers) from Ladysmith, with the transmitter at Rusk County, Wisconsin, at 1,020 W. The National Weather Service office in Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN programs it. It covers 7 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WNG577 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

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The transmitter

Call sign: WNG577
Frequency: 162.550 MHz (WX1)
Power: 1,020 W
Status: On the air
Station: Ladysmith
Transmitter site: Rusk County
State: Wisconsin
NWS office: Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN
Location: 45.5558, -90.9650

Counties covered

Program a SAME receiver with the code of your county. Coverage is NWS’s note of the part of a county the signal reaches.

County	State	SAME code	Coverage
Barron	Wisconsin	055005	Whole county
Chippewa	Wisconsin	055017	Whole county
Price	Wisconsin	055099	Whole county
Rusk	Wisconsin	055107	Whole county
Sawyer	Wisconsin	055113	Whole county
Taylor	Wisconsin	055119	Whole county
Washburn	Wisconsin	055129	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

Weather radio in Wisconsin Every transmitter The forecast here Alerts in force in Wisconsin

Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 29, 2026 at 8:11 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.